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April 10th: A senior Lebanese official says Lebanon plans to participate in a Washington meeting next week to discuss and announce a ceasefire — a prerequisite for further negotiations. (FXStreet)

April 10 — Per market sources, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief advisor says Ukraine is on the verge of reaching an agreement with Putin. (Golden Ten)

April 10th: Per Hyperinsight monitoring (https://t.me/HyperInsight), **14 whale accounts holding $1M+ crude oil positions** were active today on Hyperliquid (exclusively via Trade.xyz). - 10 hold WTIOIL long positions; 4 hold BRENTOIL long positions (all long—no new $1M+ short positions added today). **Top 2 long positions by liquidation pressure today:** - WTIOIL Whale (0xf9f): Liquidation price = $87.7 | Position size = $5.02M - BRENTOIL Whale (0x9ab): Liquidation price = $87.2 | Position size = $1.91M Addresses: 0xf9fbfe77059b980cd8aef58204a3a66f9eaa0b98 0x9ab1c356e6af86361446497fce954b3cdf940206

On April 10, per the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) official website, the HKMA announced at 5 p.m. today its first batch of stablecoin issuer licenses, with licensed entities including HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank.

On April 10, CoinDesk reported that Bitcoin treasury firm Nakamoto (ticker: NAKA) is borrowing a page from Wall Street’s playbook to stem its ongoing stock price slump and preserve its Nasdaq listing eligibility. The company is seeking shareholder approval for a reverse stock split, planning to consolidate shares at a ratio of 1:20 to 1:50 (with the exact ratio yet to be finalized), per its preliminary proxy statement. Its stock currently trades at roughly $0.22—down ~99% from its May 2025 high. Nakamoto also recently offloaded ~5% of its Bitcoin holdings, leaving it with approximately 5,058 BTC, signaling a focus on liquidity management.

April 10th, Binance Wallet announced in an official statement that its latest Alpha Blind Box airdrop pool includes tokens from three projects: Ark of Panda (AOP), Rekt (REKT), and Yei Finance (CLO). Eligible users (holding at least 240 Binance Alpha Points) may claim the airdrop once through the Alpha activity page. Upon claiming, users are assigned to one of three reward tiers, receiving: - 715, 860, or 2860 AOP tokens; - 192,307,700, 230,769,230, or 769,230,770 REKT tokens; - 335, 400, or 1335 CLO tokens. Rewards are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. If unclaimed rewards remain, the points threshold will drop by 5 every 5 minutes automatically. Claiming the airdrop costs 15 Binance Alpha Points. Users must confirm their claim via the Alpha activity page within 24 hours—failure to do so results in automatic forfeiture of airdrop eligibility.